Some accidents are excusable, like spilling your drink on someone. Other accidents are not excusable. Dropping a loaded handgun on school grounds is not cool. At the very least her permit should be revoked IMHO. She's proven that she is not capable of safely carrying a gun.

lexnaturalis:On the other hand, she didn't noticed that she dropped a loaded handgun at a school.

How did you deduce that it was loaded?

I brought a dummy hand grenade to show-and-tell in first grade. I got in front of the class, pulled it out, passed it around and went back to my seat. Everybody was happy. These day a kid would be buttfarked by the SWAT team for that./this was many moons ago

"McGhee had stacked her school belongings together the night before, inadvertently placed her gun among them"

Not buying this.

"Let's see now, I'll put my handgun on top of these graded tests, eraser, pencils and various school supplies. Now where's that stun gun and those handcuffs? Those third-graders can get unruly at times. Plus I'm so good looking I might have to fight off unwarranted advances from that gym coach in the teacher's lounge."

Onultraholland:lexnaturalis: On the other hand, she didn't noticed that she dropped a loaded handgun at a school.

How did you deduce that it was loaded?

I brought a dummy hand grenade to show-and-tell in first grade. I got in front of the class, pulled it out, passed it around and went back to my seat. Everybody was happy. These day a kid would be buttfarked by the SWAT team for that./this was many moons ago

McGhee admitted the gun was hers. She told authorities that she has a concealed weapons permit but brought the gun to school inadvertently.

Her attorney, Robert Fisher, said today that McGhee had stacked her school belongings together the night before, inadvertently placed her gun among them, then the next morning grabbed up everything, placed them in her car, then unloaded them in the school parking lot and wheeled them inside.

The gun and her cell phone apparently fell off as she was walking toward the building, he said.

"Looked like clearly it was an accident," said Fisher. "She's not a danger to anybody."

I'd feel safer knowing there are armed teachers on campus to protect my children. I think every school needs a few teachers who practice shooting and pack pistols during the school day to protect their students from mad people. Guns stop more crimes than are crimes committed with guns.

ultraholland:It's a (possibly) valid assumption, but people generally don't carry their firearms into schools. Because of that, would it be reasonable to assume that her intent was to harm? Methinks not.

But she "inadvertently" carried. Had she deliberately taken it to school I would be more inclined to believe that she would have taken the precaution of unloading it.

I don't think her intent was to harm, and she was never accused of having an intention to cause harm. The issue is negligence, not malice.

billyboyxoxox:I'd feel safer knowing there are armed teachers on campus to protect my children. I think every school needs a few teachers who practice shooting and pack pistols during the school day to protect their students from mad people. Guns stop more crimes than are crimes committed with guns.

I wouldn't. There's no way a teacher would be allowed to carry a gun on their person while teaching a class so the guy would have to be stored somewhere where it could be reached in the event of an actual emergency. Meaning it would be within reach of the nice little 12 year old who was always so good at school but finally got tired of all the other kids picking on him.

Yeah and I'm sure everyone in here is going to look like some MILF when they are between the ages of 45-55. As was mentioned, she didn't bang any of them (and I don't mean with a 158gr.) and I can believe it was a slip of the mind accident. How many times have you looked for your keys only to find them in your hand? She's a 25 yr. veteran so I'm guessing she's stayed on the straight and narrow for a long time.

A Likely Story:so she probably wasn't going to knowingly do anything illegal with the revolver anyway.

Like taking it onto school property?

I don't think that forgetfulness is any defence, how often on Fark do we see stories of people that forget to take a baggie of weed out of their pocket before they go to court? These people get punished for their forgetfulness, so should this woman.

Captain Darling-I don't think her intent was to harm, and she was never accused of having an intention to cause harm. The issue is negligence, not malice.

It more than likelly wasn't, but she should have been more responsible. I have knives, but don't carry them to work...the Army would frown on that. Oh, and I'm not completely responsible at times either, but would still know not to carry a gun to school.

Daffydil:w_houle-If we cannot trust a teacher with a gun, then they have absolutely no right teaching anything.

Most don't have the right to teach anything anyway since it seems there are so many of them screwing our teenage children.

Sex with students has always been around. Plus, if you can't teach your kids things such as having sex with teachers is wrong (aside from the fact that if you're 16, you should be focusing on other things, at least having sex with people your own age), then perhaps you've failed as a parent.

chaosdeathgerbil:OK, I am a full fledged, card carrying, right wing gun nut.... BUT, dropping your pistola at an elementary school, accident or no deserves some sort of serious punishment.

/actually, God already punished her w/ a face like that

THIS. I am an absent-minded man, but I know where my guns are at all times. While I know she wouldn't do anything with the gun, it would be easy for an eight-yr old to find it and make a terrible mistake. Her permit needs to be revoked.

RoxtarRyan:Sex with students has always been around. Plus, if you can't teach your kids things such as having sex with teachers is wrong (aside from the fact that if you're 16, you should be focusing on other things, at least having sex with people your own age), then perhaps you've failed as a parent.

Dirtybird971:"Looked like clearly it was an accident," said Fisher. "She's not a danger to anybody."

Wh..wh...what!!?!?!?! I would say she's dangerously negligent, dropping a handgun(possibly loaded) on school grounds??? IN Florida??? You are just asking for trouble.

/but I don't blame her for carrying a gun.

Yea my thoughts exactly. Teacher bringing a gun to school to keep in her car? I can deal with that, teacher accidentally misplacing a gun on school grounds or in any public place? Unacceptable. At least she should have her conceal carry permit taken away.

The following is a list of places where you are restricted from carrying a weapon or firearm even if you have a license. Please note that this is a simplified list. The places marked by an asterisk (*) may have exceptions or additional restrictions. See Section 790.06 (12), Florida Statutes for a complete listing.

o any place of nuisance as defined in s. 823.05o any police, sheriff, or highway patrol stationo any detention facility, prison, or jail; any courthouseo any courtroom*o any polling placeo any meeting of the governing body of a county, public school district, municipality, or special districto any meeting of the Legislature or a committee thereofo any school, college, or professional athletic event not related to firearmso any school administration buildingo any portion of an establishment licensed to dispense alcoholic beverages for consumption*o any elementary or secondary school facilityo any area technical centero any college or university facility*o inside the passenger terminal and sterile area of any airport*o any place where the carrying of firearms is prohibited by federal law